Comparison

Countdown · Days Until & Timer vs Anticipāt

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Countdown · Days Until & Timer

Features
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Trusted by people Track your wedding, vacation, birthday — every moment that matters. Beautiful lock screen widgets. Apple Watch. Turn important dates into unforgettable moments. With Countdown, you can create beautiful countdowns for birthdays, trips, goals, events and any date that matters to you. ⏱ KEY FEATURES • Create unlimited countdowns • Widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen • Clean, minimalist and easy-to-use design • Customize colors and styles • Smart notifications so you never forget important dates • Fast performance and optimized for iOS SMART WIDGETS See your upcoming events directly on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Check the remaining time at a glance. FULL CUSTOMIZATION Choose colors, layouts and styles that match your iPhone. Every countdown can have its own visual identity. REMINDERS & NOTIFICATIONS Get notified before an event happens. Perfect for birthdays, appointments and special occasions. BUILT FOR iOS Designed with performance, privacy and native iOS integration in mind. Download now and stay on top of every important moment.

About

Anticipāt

This app helps you visualize and count down to important upcoming events. Personalize each countdown with photos, colors, and fonts, and receive timely reminders. It also offers a home screen widget for quick access and saves past events for reflection.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable event cards
  • Flexible time formats
  • Calendar import
  • Event reminders
  • Past event archive
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Anticipāt counts down to the days you're looking forward to. Add a trip, a concert, a birthday, or anything else worth the wait, and watch the days fall away on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island as the moment gets close. It's free. There are no ads, no subscription, and no account to create. NEW IN THIS VERSION Anticipāt has been redrawn. Your photo now gets the whole frame, with the countdown set below it on paper instead of printed on top of someone's holiday picture. Events sit in a ruled register you can scan at a glance, and there are five themes to print it all on, from cream paper to true black. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Count down to trips, concerts, birthdays, holidays, or anything you like. • Put a countdown on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets that update on their own. • See your next event on your Apple Watch with a watch-face complication. • Watch the final hours tick down by the minute, with a Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown on iPhones that support it. • Pick from five themes, and set a font and a colour on any single event. • Add a photo from your library or search free photos from Unsplash, then frame it exactly how you want it. • Get a reminder 30 days, 7 days and 1 day before, plus the day itself, and turn them off per event. • Share a countdown as a card for your group chat or your story, or copy a link a friend can open to add the same event. • Ask Siri how many days until something, or to add a countdown. • Keep birthdays and holidays recurring year after year, add notes, and import dates from your calendar. • Look back at your year with a shareable recap every December. YOUR EVENTS STAY YOURS Anticipāt works fully offline and stores nothing on our servers. Your events ride your device's normal iCloud backup, and you can export a file at any time. Turn on iCloud Sync and they keep in step across your own iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud, with no account to create. Photo search and calendar import use the network when it's there and step aside quietly when it isn't. Part of the Āpex Suite by HYTimes App Studio. Pay once, own forever. No subscriptions.

Screenshots

Countdown · Days Until & Timer4 screens
Anticipāt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown · Days Until & Timer at every 4 days against Anticipāt's every 2 weeks. Anticipāt's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown · Days Until & Timer ships an update every 4 days, Anticipāt every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown · Days Until & Timer versus Anticipāt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown · Days Until & TimerAnticipāt
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEuler AlvarengaDennis Hodgson

In-app purchases

None

Countdown · Days Until & Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Anticipāt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown · Days Until & Timer free?
Countdown · Days Until & Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anticipāt free?
Anticipāt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown · Days Until & Timer or Anticipāt have ads?
Neither Countdown · Days Until & Timer nor Anticipāt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown · Days Until & Timer or Anticipāt?
Countdown · Days Until & Timer ships an update every 4 days, and Anticipāt every 2 weeks. Most recently, Countdown · Days Until & Timer was updated on October 30, 2026 and Anticipāt on October 31, 2026.

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